firing squads can be messy, but if we are willing to carry out executions, we should not shield ourselves from the reality that we are shedding human blood. If we, as a society, cannot stomach the splatter from an execution carried out by firing squad, then we shouldn’t be carrying out executions at all.
Publication: Wall Street Journal
The Riots in France Could Happen Here
Without entitlement reform, the U.S. won’t avoid the fiscal miseries that roil the Paris streets.
How the Sexual Revolution Led to the Cornell 7 Rape Case
Both the boys and the girls are encouraged to have sex, including with strangers, including while inebriated. The only rule is that everyone must consent at all times, which sounds simple enough. But, for a young man, this simple rule demands fine-tuned social judgment.
France’s Bonfire of Inanities
Leftists riot in defense of a welfare state the country can no longer afford.
Trump Has the Right Instincts on AI
He knows the risks if Chinese models are left to dominate the future.
The Battle of Hormuz Is Turning
Did you notice the sudden media realization that the oil export pressure is now working against Iran? New reports from tanker-tracking groups confirm what the Trump Administration has been saying: Adm. Brad Cooper and the forces of U.S. Central Command have turned around the battle of the Strait of Hormuz.
A Blundering 2026 Midterm Campaign
By Karl Rove: Messaging is one of the few areas of Team Trump’s execution we can judge in real time. The past month it’s been awful.
Woke 2 Still Looks Pretty Crazy
Many progressives are still obsessed by victimhood and group identity, which is a big part of what produced Woke 1. AOC might now prefer to laugh off those ideas. Abolish police? Get rid of Thanksgiving? Ha ha, what a crazy time that was. Yet read today’s news, and it’s easy to wonder whether the fever on the left has even begun to break.
The “Affordability” Democrats? You’ve Got to Be Kidding
From healthcare to housing to energy, their policies have made life more expensive.
The Ph.D Job Crisis Is a Needed Market Correction
What business wants an employee who thinks corporation are evil and has spent 11 years in a left-wing cocoon? Maybe some were willing to hire overcredentialed progressives at the peak of the “environmental, social and governance” movement several years ago, but fewer are now.
The Amazing Things AI Is Already Doing for Humanity
In medicine, it saves lives. In business, it makes us more productive. And it hasn’t killed many jobs.
We Could Be All Wrong About the Midterms
By Karl Rove: This election season will likely have more surprises than most—and for both parties.
The Woke Era Isn’t Over at the NY Times
News consumers may recall the infamously inaccurate and anti-American “1619 Project” peddled by the NY Times, which made its way into various school curricula. It turns out that its principal author has not only done an enormous disservice to students in general. Now she’s wrestling with the question of how much her politicized decision-making may have harmed her daughter.
DOGE Works. Let’s Keep It Going
A cadre of gifted, creative and patriotic thinkers can uncover wasteful spending and reduce federal debt.
A Turning Point for Campus Conservatives
A year after Charlie Kirk’s death, right-leaning student groups are thriving, even at progressive schools.
AI Promises Boom, Doom and Both at Once
The companies’ calls for regulation may be self-dealing, but that doesn’t make them wrong.
A 9/11 Miniseries Some Want Us to Forget
A television miniseries disappeared down the memory hole. “The Path to 9/11” aired exactly once, two decades ago. Then it vanished. ABC hasn’t shown it since. The network has refused to release it on a disc or as a download. No streaming service carries it. It’s almost like someone doesn’t want you to watch it.
The 9/11 Lessons for Next Time
The war on terror succeeded, but the U.S. homeland is more vulnerable now than it was 25 years ago.
Who Will Be the Bigger Midterm Loser?
By Karl Rove: Both parties are going all-in on ill-advised bets in the final weeks before Election Day.
Socialism and the Dumbest Generation
Young people embrace an ideology that goes against everything they actually believe.
America Needs Its Boys to Play Football
The sport forms character by harnessing wild masculinity and directing it toward the good and the pure.
The Data Center Panic and U.S. Decline
Public opposition reflects anxiety more than reality. Trump is finally speaking up.
How to Defeat the DSA in the Midterms
By Karl Rove: Republicans should press their opponents to endorse or disavow socialist proposals.
Ascendant No More, Democrats Are a Coalition of the Pathetic
The party’s base—and its ideological vanguard—consists of downwardly mobile college graduates.